Today’s news is filled with incidents where individuals
are committing horrendous acts against one another and themselves. Often the plea to the court is by reason of
insanity. They often say that they heard
voices or lost their mind.
I too have been at the breaking point thinking I would
lose my mind. There are situations where
I tried to figure out a solution to my huge problems, again thinking I’d lose
my mind when nothing would come. On many
occasions when I would actually come up with a strategy that I thought would
work, the bottom fell out and the problem became worse. Before I knew Christ and this happened, I’d
lose my temper and control of myself then the situation. That way of life got expensive and resolved
nothing.
After I became a Christian, I discovered what keeps me on
this side of normal is Christ. My love
for Him constrains me. His power keeps
me. By learning of Him and understanding
His mind, I’ve actually lost my own mind to give over the how He thinks.
I took on the mind
of Christ through transformation. It’s a
learning process for sure, because His ways of resolving things are like the
scripture says as different from how I’d handle things as the heavens is from
the earth. By losing my mind to Christ,
I’ve gained a mental peace I’ve never experienced. When I listen, He gives me directions. When I obey His instructions, my problems are
few and those that arise I can be confident He’ll make a way. If I find myself at the edge, I remember He
said He’d keep me in perfect peace if I keep my mind stayed on Him.
So if you find yourself on the edge of losing your mind
more often than you like, take my advice, try Christ. He’s better than Dr. Phil and cheaper than
the going cost of psychotherapy. There
are no 12 steps in His program, there’s just one. Take a step toward Him and He’ll make two
towards you. If you lose your mind, make
the choice to lose it to Christ.
